diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fa4aeec..3284dff 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>
 Homepage: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 12~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  gnome-pkg-tools,
  gobject-introspection (>= 0.9.12-4~),
  gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.4),